Hayrack



W.'M. DE WITT.

HAYRACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1920.

1,355,945, I Patented Oct. 19,1920.

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HAYRACKJ Specification of Letters Patent.

TEN F Patented 0a. 19, 1920.

Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,316.

hinged to'the main rack to tip forwardly to carry the rear part of the load to the front part of the main rack.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the improved rack,

' Fig. 2 is a front view. I

In the present embodiment of the invention, a main rack is shown, comprising a body portion 1 having at the rear thereof supports or uprights 2 for holding the hay, and having at the front thereof the usual ladder 3. This rack is supported by the running gear of a wagon, indicated at 4 in the usual manner, and an auxiliary rack is.

arranged at the rear of the main rack covering about half of the length of the main rack.

This auxiliary rack as shown, consists of a bottom member 5 and a front member 6 extending at a right angle with respect to each other and connected and braced by inclined braces 7. The front of the auxiliary rack is an open frame-work as shown in Fig. 2, and the bottom is similarly constructed, both being formed from longitudi- I nally extending plates having cross plates secured thereto.

The auxiliary rack is hinged at the junction between the front and bottom, as indicated at 8, to the main rack 1 in such manner that it may tip forwardly with the front member 6 of the auxiliary rack resting on the body of the main rack, or may occupy its normal position with the bottom 5 of the auxiliary rack resting on the bottom of the main rack.

In order to tilt the rack, I provide eyes 9 at the corners of the front 6 of the rack, and to these eyes I connect flexiblemembers 10, as for instance, ropes. The flexible members extend forwardly to a connection with a ring 11 which in turn is connected wit the hook of a double block 12.

A second block 13 is connected to an eye 14 at the front of the body of the main rack,

and a rope or cable 15 is threaded through the blocks in the usual manner, one end of the rope or cable being connected to the block 12, as indicated at 16 in Fig. 1.

The other end of the rope winds upon a reel 17 which is held on a shaft 1.8 journaled in bearings 19 on a'support 20 depending from the front of the body of the main rack. This shaft 18. is provided with a crank 21 at its outer end by means of which it may be turned.

In operation, after this auxiliary rack has been loaded while in its position on the rear end of the main rack, the reel is turned to wind up the cable. The auxiliary rack will be pulled forwardly as clearly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, bringing the rear portion of the load to the front portion of the rack. After the rear portion of the load in the auxiliary rack has been tilted to a position onthe front end of the main rack, the rear end of the main rack is then empty and ready to be loaded in the regular way. It

will be understood that other'means might be provided for tilting if desired or found advisable.

I claim V 1. A rack comprising a main rack and an auxiliary rack hinged to the main rack at approximately the center thereof to tilt forwardly tobring the rear portion of the load to the front of the main rack, and means for tilting said auxiliary rack, said auxiliary rack comprising a front wall and a bottom wall rigidly connected and braced against each other, said auxiliary rack being hinged to the main rack at the junction of the two walls of the auxiliary rack.

2. A rack comprising a main rack and an auxiliary rack hinged to the main rack at approximately the center thereof to tilt forwardly to bring the rear portion of the load tothe front of the main rack, and means for tilting 7 said auxiliary rack, said tilting means comprising a reel at the front of the main rack and a block and tackle arranged to the front of the main rack and normally resting upon. the main rack to rec ve nd hold a portion of the load, and means for tilting said auxiliary rack.

' 4. A hay rack, comprising a main rack and an auxiliary rack hinged to the main 15;

rack at approximately the center thereof, and designed to carry approximately half the load and to tilt ,t WMd the opposite half of the load, and means for tilting the auxiliary rack.

. WILLIAM MoFAIiLS DE WITT, 

